Memoirs of a Self-Loathing IT Professional follows the trials and tribulations of Mark August, a bright young man and computer whiz kid with a knack for missing the obvious. ÿMark struggles making the transition from free thinking hacker to corporate drone as he moves into the workforce and is confronted by incompetence, micro-managers, bureaucracy, politics, and control. ÿCan Mark keep his passion for technology and sense of self worth or will he be consumed by the insanity that is corporate IT? In this episode, Mark gets a job at Banana Energy and learns not to work too quickly.